Difference Makers to Be Announced Feb. 9, Gala Set for March 19

HOLYOKE — The seventh annual Difference Makers award program, staged by BusinessWest, will be held at the Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House in Holyoke on Thursday, March 19. Details on the gala will be published in upcoming issues of the magazine. Event sponsors include Six Point Creative Works, Northwestern Mutual, Royal LLP, and Sarat Ford Lincoln.

Difference Makers is a program, launched in 2009, that recognizes groups and individuals that are, as the name suggests, making a difference in this region. The magazine’s editor and publishers have selected this year’s honorees from submitted nominations, and the class of 2015 will be unveiled and profiled in the Feb. 9 edition — always a must-read issue.